fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoZero to heromander.xyzimagemessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1556
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minus-squareaffiliate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-22 months agothe standard (set theoretic) construction of the natural numbers starts with 0 (the empty set) and then builds up the other numbers from there. so to me it seems “natural” to include it in the set of natural numbers.
the standard (set theoretic) construction of the natural numbers starts with 0 (the empty set) and then builds up the other numbers from there. so to me it seems “natural” to include it in the set of natural numbers.